Reel.



E. L. KEYES.

REEL.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 26, 1908- 1,053,612, Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

' UNITED STATES OFFICE.

nusnnn L. KEYES, or :BosToN. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB T0 UNITED snon MACHINERY COMPANY, OF BOSTON.

NEW JERSEY.

MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION REEL.

Specification of Letters fatent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Application filed December 26, 1908. Serial No. 469,328.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE L. Kni es, a citizen of the United States, residingat B05 ton, in .the county of Suffolk and- State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvement in Reels, of which-the following description, in connection with themcompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings in dicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to reels for dispensing wire and the like and has for its object to provide a reel which is constructed and arranged to receive readily a coil of wire of commercial form and which can be attached conveniently to any one of the several commercial machines in connection with which it is desirable to employ the reel. v The features of the'invention include the novel means for attaching and sup ortlng the reel and certain combinations o parts and details of construction which will appear in connection with the following description and be 'p'ointed out in the claims.

- Figure 1 isa perspective view of a 'con- 'struction embo'dlylng thisinvention; Fig. 2 is a section of ig. 1 Figs. 3 and 4 show the feel and holder applied to different supports. Fig. 5 is 9. pers ective view of the removable flange from t e inne'r side.

The reel comprises a hub 2 of a diameter to fit snugly a coil of the usual commercial size and form and has an integral flange 5 at one end and a reduced neck 6 at the other end; The flange 8 is formed to fit upon the neck which is threaded to receive a confining nut 10. The commercial coil is usually boundby three loops 11 of wire extending-about sections of the coil and the hub is formed with longitudinal grooves 12, one of which is shown in Figs. 1 and2, to receive these loops so that the coil may be put into place before removing the loops so that there is no liability of the coil becoming loosened, and the coil may fit the hub snugly so. that it is not. liable to turn independently of the hub in unwinding. It is also desirable in order to restrain the coil i the stud 9 to receive the binding 0 from independent turning-to clamp it snugly between the flanges 5 and'8 and therefore these flanges are provided with grooves or slots .13, 14 alined with the grooves 12 by loop of rmed by to. slot the coil. The coil is customa'ril projecting the end of the stran or bore at one end of the mandrel or spool and winding the strand about the spool.

Thisleaves'an inwardly projecting end por-' tion at one end of the coil. The flange 8 is formed with a recess 15 to receive this end portion which, being held between this flange and the end of the hub assists in preventing the turning of the coil upon the reel. The hub is bored out at a plurality of places from its inner end to receive springpressed plunger-s 16 adapted to have frictional engagement with the end face of the reel holder 20. The reel is secured 'to the holder by the pivot r'od"22 threaded at 21 and the holder isbored to permit this axle to be adjusted in the holder to vary the tension on the plungers and thereby vary the resistance to the turning of the reel; The aide is held'in adjusted position by a set screw 24.

The holder is given a special form to adapt it to be interchangeably applied to any one of the several machines with which it is contemplated the reel-will be used, see Figs. 2. 3 and ell To this end the holder has, in addition to the body portion against the end face 2601 which the spring plungcrs rest, a reduced neck 30 wit-h an inclined shoulder at 31 and a perpendicular shoulder at 32, and

is extended into a stem 33 which is planed on one side as at 34: and threaded at its end portion 35. This formation enables the holder to be applied as in Figs. 1 and 2 to the bracket 36 having a long bearing for the rod 33 by abutting the shoulder 32 against holder by a binding screw 38. In applying the holder to the machine support shown in Fig. 3 the neck 30 fits against the collar 39' on the support and gives a rigid mounting for the holder which is fastened'by a nut on its screw-threaded end. In attaching theholder to the thick support in Fig. 4 the neck is received into the spacing block40 which centers against the inclined shoulder 31 and forms with the perpendicular shoulder 32 a substantial bearing on one side of the thick wall of the machine support while a suitable spacing block 42 forms a similar bearing on the other side of the wall and the nut on thethreadcd end 35 secures the several parts rigidly in place. This simple and compact construction has advantages which do not need tobe set forth but *will be obviousto thosinthe art to which the end of the bracket and clamping the this invention pertains. The wire guide which 18 used in combination w th thereelcomprisesa plate 45, preferably of spring metal, arranged above, and in close prox-' imity to the periphery of the reel'and having an eye'located'with relation to the direction of the pull on the wire, so that the Wire must be bent over the guide as it is pulled therethrough. This. arrangement provides that the guide shall take up a portion of the pull on the wire and shall prevent excessof. wire from being unwound as the wire forus'e' is pulled oil. The bend of the'wire over the guide at: the eye also assists in preventing the wire from back-drawing and the turns form-- "ing the coil from therebybecoming loose.

I United States Having-explained the nature of this invention and -described-a preferred construc-' t1on embodying the same, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the 1. An apparatus of the 'class described, having in combination a reel for receiving a,

coil of wire and comprising a hub and end .fianges, sprmg'pressed plungers arranged in the hub, a reel holder presenting a face by changing the frictional resistance offered having in combination. a reelfor a coil of by them, said holder cor'nprising also a reduced extension formed to extend through a support-and be clamped therein.

2. An apparatus of the class 'lescribed,

- wire and a reel'holder' having the body portion 20, the inclinediiace 3], the neck 30, a r

perpendicular' shoulder 32, and a stem .33 5 -',-p1aned'.at 34: and threaded at 35, as and'for i the purpose described. V

3. An apparatus of the class described, having in combination, a reel for acoil of 'wire and a reel holder bored to receive the axle of the reel and having the reduced stem 33 presenting the shoulder .32 .-for engagement" with. its supportand the planed face 34 for engagement-by the set bolt 38 Whereby the holder is rigidly secured to -its support.

having a hub'and flanges t oforma reel, the spring pressed friction 'plungers 16, the holder 20, therod 22 threaded at 21 into the adj ustment.

5. An apparatus of the class described coil of Wire and comprising a hub, spring pressed plungers arranged eccentmcallyin the hub, and a reel holder presenting a face for frictional engagement with said plungers. i i (3. Anhap'parat'us of the class described having-{in combination, a reel for receiving a coil of \vi'r e and comprising a hub, spring pressed" plungers arranged in the hub, a reel'holder presenting a face for frictional tweenthe hub' and the holder to vary the pressure on the spring plungers by changing i the frictional resistance oiiered by them.

In testimony whereof I have-signed my name to this specification in the presence of v witnesses.

; two subscribing EUGENE L.

' KEYES.

Witnesses I ARTHUR L. RUSSELL,

i HERBERT YV. KENWAY.

fldnsafi this patent may-he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G."

4. An apparatus oi'jthei class described,

holder to adjust the tension ofthe plunger springs, and the set-screw 24 to secure the engagement with said plungers, and means 'for effecting an ad ustabIe connectlon be:

' having, in combination, a reel for receiving a ,7

the hub to project through an end face of 1 

